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I was looking at the Hodgdon Reloading Data Center today and saw reloading data listed for a .257 Kimber.
What is a .257 Kimber?

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just from a quick search i found something that said a 25/222 Magnum wildcat.


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just from a quick search i found something that said a 25/222 Magnum wildcat.
Wasn't that a cartridge designed by John Wooters that he called the .25Copperhead?

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Originally Posted by cole_k
I was looking at the Hodgdon Reloading Data Center today and saw reloading data listed for a .257 Kimber.
What is a .257 Kimber?


The 257 Kimber was developed by Mike Hill of Washington State and introduced by Kimber in the model 84 rifle in 1986. It is the 222 Rem Magnum case necked up to 257, body taper reduced and the shoulder moved up. (Hodgdon Data manual No. 26).


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Here is the best information available on the 257 Kimber.

It may be found on Pages 959-963 of Wildcat Cartridges - Volume II by Wolfe Publishing. The book is ISBN 1-879356-18-X.


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the copperhead is the .222 rem simply necked up to .25... i believe that all of the small head cartridges have been wildcatted...

interesting to me how remingtons shop came up with the .222, the .222 mag, and the .223...
have used them all and the .222 is my hands down favorite, but i can give no rational reason for it.....


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i purchased my L461 H&R with the intent to do up a copperhead...
having shot the donor, i can see no excuse for tinkering....


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I read the article on the 257 Kimber and it realy peeked my intrest. I ended up building a 25-204 Ruger, a better selection of brass and no fire forming. I use the load data from that article for the 25-204, matches 250 Sav factory balistics and works just fine on deer.

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I am potentially interested in the 257 Kimber. Where could I rent a reamer and get reloading dies.

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Hodgdon has data, I'd not rent a reamer and CH-4D should have dies, if anyone does.

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So to risk reviving a 13 yo thread, and in a similar vein, what are your experiences with the 25-45 Sharps (6.35×45mm/223)? From looking at pics on the Sharps website, the seating of the 87gr Speer SP appears to be deeper than the bullet ogive in order to fit the AR15 magazine. If true, then the case is really too long for the projectile, right? Yet, I've heard and read so many good things about the 6x45 cartridge but maybe for uses in bolt guns & not an AR? I'm interested in easy 223 AR wildcat conversions (no bolthead change-barrel only) that have deer class capability. So, 6x45, Sharps (these two only need neck expansion),the 277 Wolverine, 300 Hammer (need shoulder setback, trimming, & annealing or purchasing of backordered preformed brass). Any other possibilities? -Mark&Belle

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Originally Posted by Centex Bill
I am potentially interested in the 257 Kimber. Where could I rent a reamer and get reloading dies.

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I would contact Manson Reamers.

https://mansonreamers.com/


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25/204 is an option
easy to open up std 204 Redding S full length and Neck sizers, and bullet seater from Forster or Redding comp

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If you just to have a wildcat in 25 cal, the 250 Savage AI is the most practical way to satisfy you craving.


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Keith, I'm using an AR and STANAG magazine. Max OAL 2.26"? The 204 is longer than the 222 RemMag. The 223 case is too long with long bullets in the larger calibers like 243, 257 264, 277, etc. to still fit in an AR15 magazine.

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Craigster- I'm talking 223 Remington based cartridges here, for the AR15 rifle, not an AR 10. But, yes, a .25 Creedmoor/250Savage AI is a neat cartridge but won't fit in an AR15.

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25-45 Sharps or 25-223.

I have an AR with an 18" barrel that gets 2,625 fps with 100 gr Hornady SP. I had a T/C Encore with a 20" MGM carbine barrel that I was able to load past 2.400" OAL and was able to get 2,740 with Nosler 100 gr Ballistic Tips.

My Ruger RSI 250-3000 gets 2,780 fps with Nosler 100 gr Partitions out of an 18" barrel.

I've built several 6x47 Remington's which uses the 222 Rem mag brass, which sometimes is hard to find. Running the .25 Sharps is much easier due to the brass being so easy to load for.



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Originally Posted by Prwlr
Originally Posted by cole_k
I was looking at the Hodgdon Reloading Data Center today and saw reloading data listed for a .257 Kimber.
What is a .257 Kimber?


The 257 Kimber was developed by Mike Hill of Washington State and introduced by Kimber in the model 84 rifle in 1986. It is the 222 Rem Magnum case necked up to 257, body taper reduced and the shoulder moved up. (Hodgdon Data manual No. 26).


Good lord! The .222 Magnum was introduced in 1958, and it took until 1986 for that vital slot, so wide that an elephant could be driven through it, to be filled?


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